Where: United Kingdom (51.6° N, 0.1° W: paleocoordinates 47.0° N, 2.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: London Clay Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; unlithified claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the BMNH
• Repository: Sowerby collection, now in BMNH
Primary reference: J. Sowerby. 1812. No. I of the mineral conchology of Great Britain; or colored figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the Earth. The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain 1:9-16 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 165992: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.02.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
"Nautilus ziczac n. sp." = Aturia ziczac
"Nautilus ziczac n. sp." = Aturia ziczac Sowerby 1812 | |
"Nautilus imperialis n. sp." = Cimomia imperialis
"Nautilus imperialis n. sp." = Cimomia imperialis Sowerby 1812 |